Gameday Thread: (8/16/23) Angels @ Rangers: Detmers on the mound

[LaPalma]

5 hours ago, LaPalma said:

I don’t get too cute, one person is too random to bet on.  But the team at a whole?  Actually I’m not betting on tonight, Angels seem to like to win one game a series lately.  They might be due so I’ll just enjoy the game and hope they win.

Right again.

[CaliAngel]

1 minute ago, LaPalma said:

Right again.

We're all so proud of how great you are, good boy LP, keep it up.

[Angel Oracle]

7 1/3 no hit innings against the best AL offense, truly IMPRESSIVE

[LaPalma]

Just now, CaliAngel said:

We're all so proud of how great you are, good boy LP, keep it up.

Was going to share my formula, but, nope.  Average fans are average.

[CaliAngel]

1 minute ago, LaPalma said:

Was going to share my formula, but, nope.  Average fans are average.

Your nothingburgers continue to be fascinating.

[Swordsman78]

52 minutes ago, Chuckster70 said:

Yes!   The guy on the couch!  Tell the guy on the couch not to be a stranger for the next few weeks.

[Angel Oracle]

Won two of the last four in Texas.

Good pitching in both of those wins

First goal (winning record) is still well within reach.   22-18 record gets them to 82-80, which considering the ridiculous number of injuries would be a solid improvement over 2022.

Schedule slowly gets easier the rest of the month, and then September sees them having 16 of 28 games at home.

Offense needs to get its’ act together.  56 runs in past 19 games just doesn’t cut it, and partly explains the 6-13 record.

Edited August 17, 2023 by Angel Oracle

[gurn67]

20 minutes ago, Angel Oracle said:

Won two of the last four in Texas.

Good pitching in both of those wins

First goal (winning record) is still well within reach.   22-18 record gets them to 82-80, which considering the ridiculous number of injuries would be a solid improvement over 2022.

Schedule slowly gets easier the rest of the month, and then September sees them having 16 of 28 games at home.

Offense needs to get its’ act together.  56 runs in past 19 games just doesn’t cut it, and partly explains the 6-13 record.

After tonight, the team OPS has dropped to .597 for the month of August. That's dead last in all of MLB.

[TroutField]

2 minutes ago, gurn67 said:

After tonight, the team OPS has dropped to .597 for the month of August. That's dead last in all of MLB.

All these shitty stats and prolonged losing are making me long for the off-season. 

[gurn67]

13 minutes ago, TroutField said:

All these shitty stats and prolonged losing are making me long for the off-season. 

They have too many proven hitters for this to continue for the rest of the season. Ever since that Detroit double header, they have been unable to hit with RISP almost every game. Prior to that, they had scored at least 4 runs in 13 out of 14 games. Since then, they've only scored 4 or more runs in 4 out of 19 games. They won tonight, but it was because of the pitching. It's not too often you're going to beat the Rangers in Arlington with only two solo home runs. They just can't seem to put any sort of rallies together at all.

[ukyah]

5 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

These limp dicks are swinging their bats with less enthusiasm than a busboy punches his time card leaving early at the end of a Friday night shift.

wouldn't the busboy be extremely enthusiastic, thus everybody is likely to be less enthusiastic than him by comparison?

[ukyah]

4 hours ago, LaPalma said:

Was going to share my formula, but, nope.  Average fans are average.

[gurn67]

 

Total number of games played against teams over .500 this season

Angels 75

Mariners 63

Astros 62

Rangers 57

 

 

[arch stanton]

2 hours ago, gurn67 said:

 

Total number of games played against teams over .500 this season

Angels 75

Mariners 63

Astros 62

Rangers 57

 

 

The numbers for the other teams change once the Angels climb back above .500

Edited August 17, 2023 by arch stanton

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

11 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

O’Hoppe can’t get back soon enough.

It's already too late for Neto, O'Hoppe, or even Trout to turn this season around.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

11 hours ago, Chuckster70 said:

Just got home. What a great outing by Detmers. 

You love to see it.

Close this damn game out and get outta Texas with a W. 

I was so frustrated with the team, l vowed not to watch this game. I did tune in just to check out the score with 2 outs in the 7th and began laughing as l was missing Detmers in the middle of a no hitter bid. Good for him. Still bummed by the season though.

[fan_since79]

10 hours ago, gurn67 said:

After tonight, the team OPS has dropped to .597 for the month of August. That's dead last in all of MLB.

Trout, Rendon, O'Hoppe, Neto, Ward.

There are your reasons.

[Angels in 2030]

Great bounce back game by Detmers from the past two extremely ugly games.  Hopefully it's the start of something and not a one-off.  Rooting for ya kid.

[DCAngelsFan]

2 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I was so frustrated with the team, l vowed not to watch this game. I did tune in just to check out the score with 2 outs in the 7th and began laughing as l was missing Detmers in the middle of a no hitter bid. Good for him. Still bummed by the season though.

I wasn't going to watch - Angels baseball hasn't been a source of much good feeling lately - haven't watched many the last few weeks.

But I got a notification of the Ohtani homerun, and against my better judgment, turned the tv on.  Good game to watch

Sure wish we could bottle that version of Detmers - not overwhelming, but just commanded the zone - hope he can find consistency.   (and a voice in my head chimes in "Too.  Late.") . 

 

[fan_since79]

14 hours ago, gurn67 said:

They have too many proven hitters for this to continue for the rest of the season. Ever since that Detroit double header, they have been unable to hit with RISP almost every game. Prior to that, they had scored at least 4 runs in 13 out of 14 games. Since then, they've only scored 4 or more runs in 4 out of 19 games. They won tonight, but it was because of the pitching. It's not too often you're going to beat the Rangers in Arlington with only two solo home runs. They just can't seem to put any sort of rallies together at all.

They don't hit and run, they don't steal bases (except for Ohtani), they don't bunt well, they don't try to hit the ball to move runners from first to third. They just swing for the fences or look at called third strikes.

[Swordsman78]

9 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

They don't hit and run, they don't steal bases (except for Ohtani), they don't bunt well, they don't try to hit the ball to move runners from first to third. They just swing for the fences or look at called third strikes.

I saw them in person execute two perfect hit and runs vs the Astros.    But you had to be at the stadium because the lame announcers are not there either and you cant see it on tv.

[BTH]

@Jeff Fletcher

what happened to Devenski’s rehab?

It seemed like he was getting close, but now he hasn’t pitched in a week.

[Jeff Fletcher]

15 minutes ago, Trendon said:

@Jeff Fletcher

what happened to Devenski’s rehab?

It seemed like he was getting close, but now he hasn’t pitched in a week.

He had a personal issue that took him away from his rehab temporarily. 

[Blarg]

29 minutes ago, Swordsman78 said:

I saw them in person execute two perfect hit and runs vs the Astros.    But you had to be at the stadium because the lame announcers are not there either and you cant see it on tv.

Did they win?

Angels, not Astros. 

[full circle]

Speaking of personal issues, the Max Stassi situation is interesting.  I can’t recall another situation ever where a player sat out an entire season, disappeared, and people never knew what the reason was.  We’ve seen everything from severe drug and alcohol abuse, cancer diagnoses, steroid use, Wander freaking Franco, Trevor freaking Bauer, things I’m sure many of those players wish the public never found out about, and yet we found out about them anyway.